While Verari is undoubtedly in dire straights at the moment, it seems the rumors of their death might have been slightly exaggerated as evidenced by an interview their CEO held with InsideHPC editor John West.
Also, Wright was at pains to point out that the doors are not closed. Although he did say that most of the staff is gone today, there are people in the office working on a way forward — “some on payroll, and some not.” These folks are working on a support plan for existing customers which Wright hopes to have on the web site “today or tomorrow,” as well as on how to fill existing orders. Verari’s support comes largely from business partners, so they may actually be able to come up with something there.
Sounds like, like some reports said, they’ve lost the ability to make payroll.. So they’re currently in a situation of “work for free and hopefully we can compensate you later”, or stay and home and work on your resume.
via insideHPC exclusive with Verari CEO: “The doors are open.” | insideHPC.com.
@Farmer-V If you could snap some pics, I’ld love to see it.
Oh, the rumors weren’t exaggerated. Pay them a visit while you are in SD. The holding company signs on the doors say it all.
@anonymous Almost certainly there’s a lot of spin going on right now. They have to keep a “positive face” to avoid breach of contract claims from customers and hope to find a buyer/angel investor.
I’m pretty sure that the few employees working, “some paid, some not” are all well taken care of.. As in, management with generous severance packages or other assets, so they’re not hurting for money.
That’s odd. I was among the employees laid off on Friday. We were told on the company wide phone call and in a company wide email that Verari was closing the doors and that ALL employees were terminated as of Dec 11th. It also mentioned that 46 employees who have not received all their pay would not get the money, and that unpaid commissions would not be paid.
In addition, the offices were cleared out (read wide-spread pilfering) by employees and management and the locks were changed. Seems like someone is being lied to.